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Oh, the humanity! Seinfeld on Tuesday to help call game on SNY between Giants and tanking Mets

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This May 22, 2005, file photo shows Jerry Seinfeld throwing out the first pitch before the rubber game of the Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets at Shea Stadium in New York. Stop me if you've heard this one before. Seinfeld will join the broadcast crew Tuesday for the New York Mets, a team that is 15 games below .500 and with little to laugh about this season.
(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

Standup comedian Jerry Seinfeld will join the SNY broadcast crew Tuesday for the New York Mets, a team that is 15 games below .500 and with little to laugh about this season.

Seinfeld, who previously called a Mets game with Detroit in June 2010, also will appear on SNY's pregame show at 6 p.m., according to The Hollywood Reporter. SNY is the official TV home of the Mets.

The comic, a longtime fan of the team, will join Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling for the call of the 7:10 p.m. game against the San Francisco Giants.

"Four guys who love to talk sharing one broadcast booth sounds like a bad idea on its face. I don't even know if the chairs will fit," Seinfeld told The Reporter. "But to spend an evening with Keith, Ron and Gary, I will stand if I have to. Those guys, and the incredible Bobby Ojeda, are the all-star team of baseball broadcasting."

Hernandez, a former Mets first baseman, appeared as himself in a two-part episode of NBC situation comedy "Seinfeld" in 1992.

Another comedian, Bill Maher, bought a minority ownership stake in the Mets last year.